Vocabulario Curso Leeds Julio-Agosto
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- Harmless
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Inofensivo
Not threatening to life or health
Opp. Harmful - Annoying
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Molesto, irritante
Sim Bothersome - Dependable
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Fiable, seguro
Sim Reliable, Honest - Scuba Diving
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Buceo
Scuba is a device that let's divers breath under water - Thrilled
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Encantado
Sim Excited - To tuck
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Meter
I tucked my money into my wallet - To trip
- Poner la zancadilla
- To swing
- Balancearse
- More haste, less speed
- Cuanta mas precipitacion en hacer algo, menos rapido
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Ages
0 - 2 Baby
2 - 12 Child
13 - 19 Teenage
20 - 29 in his twenties
30 - 39 in his thirties
40 - 65 middle age
65 - old age -
0 - 1 Baby
1 - 3 Toddler
4 - 7 Young children
8 - 12 Older children
13 - Teenager - Strap
- Correa, tirante
- To be fond of
- Tener mucho cariño a alguien o a algo, ser aficionado a
- Brooch
- Broche
- Scam
- Estafa, timo
- To settle
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Decidir, fijar
Resolver una diferencia
Saldar una deuda - To remain
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Permanecer, continuar
Quedarse
He remained standing - Outsider
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Someone who is not accepted in a group
Sim Outlier
Desertor - To aim (with a gun)
- Apuntar con un arma
- Reward
- Recompensa
- Convenient
- Conveniente, oportuno
- Ape
- Mono, simio
- Skeleton
- Esqueleto
- Eager
- Ansioso, deseoso
- Shiny
- Brillante
- Will
- Voluntad, testamento
- Smooth
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Liso, suave, sin grumos (liquido)
Opp Rough - Tender
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Cariñoso, compasivo, sensible, tierno
Opp Tough - To bid
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Pujar
To bid for ...
A bid, una puja - To tie
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Empatar
Atar - A tie
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Empate
Corbata - To praise
- Elogiar
- A praise
- Alabanza, elogio
- Door knocker
- Picaporte
- Midwife
- Comadrona
- Nappy
- Pañal
- Truant
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Borotero
To play truant
To play hooky - Dummy
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Imitacion, maniqui, muñeco, chupete
Fam Bobo - Bib
- Babero
- Bully
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Maton de colegio
To bully - To swot
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Empollar
He has been swotting for his exams
A swot, empollon - Slope
- Cuesta, pendiente, ladera
- Swift
- Rapido, veloz
- Jaunty
- Garboso, desenfadado, alegre
- Longing
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Deseo, anhelo, añoranza, nostalgia
Sim Wish - Very fast
- Whizzing
- Flashed by
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Pasar muy rapido
Passed - Stopped inmediatelly
- Stopped dead
- Fabulous
- Fabuloso, very nice
- Bizarre
- Rarisimo, extraño
- Drawback
- Inconveniente, pega, objecion
- Heads or tails?
- Cara o cruz?
- Mosque
- Mezquita
- Muslim / Moslem
- Musulman / Musulmana
- To play marbles
- Jugar a canicas
- Hag
- Bruja, arpia
- Gooseberry
- Grosella
- Apron
- Delantal
- Crumb
- Miga, migaja
- Egg-yolk
- Yema de huevo
- Egg white
- Clara de huevo
- Grime
- Mugre, sucidad
- To plunge
- Zambullir, sumergir, hundir
- Shovel
- Pala
- Meanness
- Mezquindad, tacañeria
- To tear off
- Arrancar
- Counter
- Mostrador
- To prise
- Abrir, separar algo haciendo palanca con fuerza
- Blade
- Hoja de cuchillo
- Hollow
- Hueco
- Conker
- Castaña
- Hoard
- Reserva secreta, tesoro
- To wave
- Agitar, mover la mano saludando
- To wander
- Vagar por el mundo
- Tick
- Segundito, en seguida, in a...
- To strive
- Esforzarse por hacer algo
- To grin
- Sonreir abiertamente
- Slap
- En la cara una bofetada y en la espalda una palmada
- To slap
- Abofetear, dar una palmada
- Gang
- Banda, pandilla, cuadrilla
- To set off
- Salir, ponerse en camino
- Rear
- Parte de atras
- Ripe
- Maduro, en frutas
- To ripe
- Madurar
- To fish
- Rebuscar
- Wreckage
- Restos de avion, coche, despues de accidente
- To mumble
- Farfullar, hablar entre dientes
- Scowl
- Ceño
- To scowl
- Fruncir el ceño
- Gown
- Toga, vestido largo
- Bulky
- Voluminoso
- Tilt
- Inclinacion
- To sweat
- Sudar
- Juggling
- Hacer malabarismos
- To cut out
- Recortar en noticias
- To take in
- Comprender
- Rating
- Clasificacion, indice
- To outraged
- Ultrajar, violentar, atropellar
- To haunt
- Embrujar
- Riot
- Motin
- To slaughter
- Matar, sacrificar
- Knight
- Caballero
- Urine
- Orina
- Jellyfish
- Medusa
- To sting
- Picar algun animal
- A sting
- Una picadura
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The name comes from
It's named after - Se llama asi por...
- Wicked
- Malvado, muy malo
- Boldly
- Audazmente, valientemente
- To hand out
- Repartir, distribuir
- To hand in
- Entregar, presentar
- To sign in
- Registrarse
- To sign up
- Alistarse, enrolarse, firmar contrato
- Bribe
- Soborno
- Shocking
- Escandaloso, chocante, espantoso
- To give a black eye
- Poner un ojo morado a alguien
- To knock over
- Atropellar
- To strap
- Atar con correa
- Flattering
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Adulador, lisonjero
Favorecido para las fotos
Opp Unflattering - To persuade
- Persuadir, convencer
- To harass
- Acosar
- To acquitt
- Absolver a alguien de algo
- To splash
- Salpicar
- Breed
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En animales, la raza
En personas, la clase
En ordenadores, la generacion - To breed
- Criar, procrear
- To attract
- Atraer la atencion
- To snoop
- Fisgar, fisgonear
- A snoop
- Un fisgon
- Opposite
- Lo contrario
- To oppose
- Oponerse, resistirse
- Tu pursue
- Seguir, perseguir
- Pursuit
- Persecucion, busqueda, pasatiempo
- To release
- Poner en libertad
- To deliver
- Entregar, repartir
- Handcuff
- Esposas (policia)
- To sob
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Sollozar, llorar mucho
To cry noisily while breathing in short sudden burst (rafagas). - To stab
- To push a knife into someone or something.
- To rob
- To steal money or property from a person, bank,..
- To steal
- To take something that belongs to someone else
- Burglar
- Someone who goes into houses, shops, to rob them
- Theft, burglary, robbery
- Robo
- To mistake someone for someone else
- Confundir a alguien
- To be searched by customs
- Ser revisado en aduana
- To twist, to sprain one's ..
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To turn a part of your body around or change your position by changing
Retorcerse - To flee
- To leave somewhere very quickly in order to scape from danger
- To loot
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To steal things, especially from shops or homes that have been damaged in a war or riot
Saquear - A loot
- Botin, saqueo
- To quit, To resign
- To leave a job, especially without finishing it completely
- Row
- A short angry argument, especially between people who know each other well
- To row
- To make a boat move across water using oars
- Probe
- An investigation in with many questions are asked to discover the truth about something
- Famine
- A situation in wich a large number of people have little or no food for a long time and many people die
- Drought
- A long period of dry weather when there is no enough water for plants and animals to live
- Livelyhood
- The way you earn money in order to live
- Spokesman/Spokeswoman/Spokesperson
- A man or woman who has been chosen to speak offically for a group, organization or government
- Disappearance
- When someone or something becomes impossible to see or find
- To bar
- To officially prevent someone from entering a place from doing something
- To hit
- To affect badly. If someone bad hits a place or a person it suddenly happens and affects people badly
- To pierce
- To make a small hole in with and object with a sharp point
- To soar
- To increase quickly to a high level
- To advise
- To tell someone what you think they should do, especially when you know more than they do about something
- Advice
- An opinion you give someone about what they should do
- To back
- To support someone or something especially by giving them money or using your influence
- To claim
- To state that something is true, even though it has not been proved
- To appeal
- To make a serious public request for help, money, information,...
- Circulations
- Tirada de un periodico
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National paper
Local paper
Daily paper
Broadsheet
Tabloid - Tipos de periodico, 5
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Reporter
The editor
A correspondant
A columnist
The propietor - Personas que trabajan en un periodico, 5
- Sniper
- Someone who shoots at people from a hidden position
- Overnight
- For or during de night
- To sack
- To dismiss someone for their job
- Fancy-dress
- Clothes that you wear, especially for parties, that make you look like famous person
- Solely
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Not involving anything or anyone else
Solamente, unicamente - To criticise
- To express your disapproval or someone or something or to talk about their faults
- To bug
- To put a bug (small piece of electronic equipment) somewhere secretly in order to listen to conversations
- Obituary
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An article in a newspaper about the life of someone who has just died
Esquelas - In depth
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Thorough, complete, and considering details
En profundidaz - Unbiased
- Imparcial
- To refund
- To give someone their money back
- Couch potatoe
- Someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV
- Couch
- A comfortable piece of furniture big enough for two or three people to sit on
- A set up
- Un montaje de prensa
- To go red
- If you go red, your face becomes a bright pink colour, especially because you are embarrased or angry
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Freedom of press
Freedom of speech -
Libertad de prensa
Libertad de expresion - Lined paper
- Papel cuadriculado
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Twenty-four seven
24-7 - If something happens twenty-four seven happens all the time, everyday
- To look up to
- To admire or respect someone
- Supply and demand
- Oferta y demanda
- To go along with somebody or something
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To agree with or support someone or something
Estar de acuerdo con - To do without something
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To live or to do something without a particular thing
Pasar sin, prescindir de - To make up something
- To produce a new story, song, game,.. by thinking
- To break down
- If a car or machine breaks down, it stops working
- To wean myself off
- Slowly stop doing something wich is an addiction
- The box in the corner
- The tv set
- To fall out of love
- Opp to fall in love
- Ceefax
- Teletexto
- To be sour at something
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To have a bad feeling
Be upset or unhappy - Eyestrain
- Vista cansada
- To detach
- Separar
- To attach
- Juntar
- To gamble
- To risk money or possesions on the result of something as a card game or a race
- Gambling
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When people risk money or possisions
Juego -
Addictive
Addict
Telly-addict
Change channel -
Adictivo
Adicto
Teleadicto
Cambiar canal - To turn over
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Dar la vuelta al papel
Cambiar de canal - To flick
- To make something move away by hitting or pushing it suddenly or quickly, especially with your thumb or finger
- Jug
- Jarra para el agua
- Mug
- Jarra para la leche o cerveza
- To mourn
- Llorar la muerte de alguien, luto
- To gorge
- To eat until you are too full to eat anymore
- To devour
- To eat something quickly because you are hungry
- Listless
- Feeling tired and not interested in things
- To betray
- To be disloyal to someone who trusts you so that they are harmed or upset
- Falseness
- Falsedad
- Reminder
- Something that makes you notice, remember or think about something
- Idey
- Ociosamente
- Iffy
- Dudoso
- Idle
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Not working or producing anything
Vago, holgazan, parado - To manage
- Dirigir, administrar, llevar, manejar, controlar, conseguir, lograr
- To tear
- To damage something such as a paper or cloth by pulling it hard or letting it touch something sharp
- Whilst
- In british English formal while
- To limp
- To walk slowly and with difficulty because your leg or foot is injured or weak
- Lame
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Unable to walk properly because your leg or foot is injured or weak
Cojo - I'll let you go
- Te dejo, en conversaciones telefonicas
- To involve
- If an activity or situation involves something, that thing is part of it or a result of it
- To Contain
- If something such as a bag, box or place contains something, that thing is inside it
- To include
- If one thing includes another, the second thing is part of the first
- Vibe
- Vibracion, sensacion
- Revellers
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Someone who is having fun singing, dancing in a noisy way
Fiesteros, festivaleros - Festive
- Looking or feeling bright and cheerful in a way that seems suitable for celebrations
- Firecrackers
- A small firework that explodes loudly
- Craftsmen
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Someone who is very skilled at a particular craft
Artesano - Wax
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A solid substance made of fat or oil and used to make candles
Cera - To set off (fireworks)
- To make a bomb explode or cause explossion
- Parade
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A public celebration when musical bands, brightly decorated vehicles,..
Procesion - Traditional dress
- Traje tradicional
- Brass band
- Banda de metal
- Handkerchief
- A piece of clothe that you use for drying your nose or eyes
- Neckerchief
- A square piece of clothe that is folded and worn tied around the neck
- To bluff
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To pretend something, especially in order to achieve what you want in a difficult or dangerous situation
Tirarse un farol -
Send off party
Leaving party - Fiesta de despedida
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Party animal
Party pooper - Actitudes frente a fiestas
- To seize
- To take hold of something suddenly and violently
- To wreck
- To completely spoil something so that it cannot continue in a succesful way
- Yatch
- Yate
- Bolt of figthening
- Rayo
- To axe
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To close down, dismiss
Recortar drasticamente
Despedir - Bid
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Attempt
Intento - To blast
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To damage or destroy something or to injure or kill someone using a gun or a bomb
Explotar - To blaze
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To burn very brightly and strongly
Fire
Arder en un incendio - To clash
- Estar en conflicto